The Marker Dialog Box

The New Marker dialog box used to create a new marker and the Edit Marker dialog box used to modify an existing marker are identical, only their titles differ.

A marker correspondons to a point of interest or a location and is graphically represented by an Icon on the main Map and can hold different sorts of information such as texts, pictures, HTML code, etc. To create a new marker, use the New > Marker… command from the main menu: this opens the New Marker dialog box in which you can define your marker's properties.

• Title: Enter the Title for you new marker here. This is the default field used for search operations, so you may want to use a descriptive enough or unique title.
• Description: The Description text area can hold additional information about your marker.

• Address: If the location of your marker corresponds to a full postal address, you can enter the exact address here.
• Geocode: Click on the Geocode button to convert the address entered above to its geographical coordinates. The corresponding Latitude and Longitude are then displayed in the Coordinates section.

• Latitude: This field is automatically filled in when you click on the Geocode button after entering an address in the Address area. You can also manually enter your marker's Latitude if you know it.
• Longitude: This field is automatically filled in when you click on the Geocode button after entering an address in the Address area. You can also manually enter your marker's Longitude if you know it.

• Icon: The icon that will be used to graphically represent the new marker on the map is displayed here.
• Change Icon…: Click on this button to open the Icon Set dialog box and select the icon you would like to use for the new marker.

• Display selected properties in default tab: Click2Map allows you to select what should be displayed in a marker's Info Window. If you wish to display particular elements for a specific marker, you can check this option at the bottom of the New Maker dialog box: this activates the selection system - you can then check any checkbox to the left of an option to make it visible in the marker's Info Window.
• OK: Click on this button to save all changes and close the dialog box.
• Cancel: Click on this button to discard all changes and close the dialog box.

• URL Address: To associate a Web address with a marker, enter it here.
• Text: To create a hyperlink to the URL Address entered above and display it instead of the link code, enter the hyperlink text here.
• Open Link in New Window: Check this option if you want the internet link to be opened in a new browser window.

• Email: To associate an Email address with a marker, enter it here.
• Text: To create a hyperlink to the Email address entered above and display it instead of the link code, enter the hyperlink text here.

• Tags: To associate text Tags or keywords with your marker, enter them here and separate them with commas: e.g. restaurant, cheap, new
• Name or ID: Use this field to associate a secondary denomination or identification with your marker for internal use.

In addition to the default tab, Click2Map allows you to store information in custom Extra Tabs that can be added to markers on a per case basis or automatically depending on your map's properties. The Extra Tabs tab of the New Marker dialog box lets you create new tabs or remove existing tabs.

• Caption: Enter here the name of your custom tab. This caption will be used as the tab's label.
• Content: Enter or paste here the text contents that should be displayed in your marker's custom tab.
• Remove Tab: Click on this button to delete the active extra tab.

• Caption: Enter here the name of your custom tab. This caption will be used as the tab's label.
• File: If the photo or picture you wish to insert in the extra tab is located on your hard drive, use the Browse and Upload buttons to select it and copy it on the Click2Map server.
  • Browse: Click on this button to open your operating system's file selection dialog box and select the correct image file on your hard drive.
  • Upload: Click on this button to start uploading the selected image file to the Click2Map server.

• Image URL: You can also select an image file already present on a web server. To do so, enter or paste here the full image address and click on the Load button to select it.
  • Load: Click on this button to load the image file from the URL entered above.
• Preview: This area displays a scaled down version of the image file you've just uploaded or loaded.
• Legend: Enter here the text you wish to associate with the image file.
• Remove Tab: Click on this button to delete the active extra tab.

• Caption: Enter here the name of your custom tab. This caption will be used as the tab's label.
• HTML Code: Enter or paste here the HTML code that corresponds to what you'd like to display in the custom tab.
• Remove Tab: Click on this button to delete the active extra tab.